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| 1n 1939 what would your operational airforce look like fighter spitfire mk1 bomber ju88a ground support fokker g.1 coastal patrol pby4 transport c-47 primary trainer dh 82 tiger moth advanced trainer at 6 harvard (texan) carrier fighter mitsubishi a5m4 claude 0 carrier fighter |
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| Good choices. I would add: heavy bomber B17
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| Senior Member | are you kidding me! in 1939 the B-17 was a peace of junk!
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| Well, it was the only heavy bomber in the world in 1939. Better to have something than nothing. Even if it would have been the worlds first night bomber.
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| The Lanc didn't even exist - you got to start somewhere. The choices were limited. Bf-110 Hurricane B-17 Bf-109 Ju-88 Spitfire Ki-27 He-111 Whitworth Wellington G3M P-35 Vega Like Lanc pointed out they wern't all quite ready yet either. The B-17 needed epenage redesign, There were no P-38s, B-25s, F4Us, F-4Fs even most of the early British bombers were mere prototypes. All the planes mentioned above, in this para., were begining production to meet the light of day in '40. Hard list to make since it is right on the line where more capable aircraft are about to come out and nobody was quite ready for the war just starting. wmaxt |
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| there always the stirling |
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| lots of choices polish belgian french dutch russian yugoslovia romania |
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I had to cheat some, my reference is right beside me. wmaxt | |
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| pbfoot = "lead foot"?
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| si senor.... the lanc was doing laps over head on saturday |
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| 7 squadron raf was using stirlings fall 39 according to raf website |
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My reference is the Rand McNally Ency. of Military Aircraft ISBN0 517 05655-0. BTW: I recomend that reference to any aviation buff, it contains charts of entry into service, color plates of both insignia and aircraft to the same scale and by major model complete with Spec blurbs on that model. The book also contains a good description of its history with a three view drawing. wmaxt | |
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| Which country was the dominate force in 1939???? The Japanese??? The Germans??? I would go with the German Luftwaffe and all that they had in thier inventory... They were almost unstoppable in 1939...
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Mostly it was a matter of where you were. wmaxt | |
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